#A72E2F#A72E2F

#A72E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.157 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E2F
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(360, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, 49.10, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 56.91, 30.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.143 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.157 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4284, 10.3773, 3.7741)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E2F #2EA7A6

analogous

#A72E6C #A72E2F #A76A2E

triadic

#A72E2F #2FA72E #2E2FA7

tetradic

#A72E2F #6CA72E #2EA7A6 #6A2EA7

square

#A72E2F #6CA72E #2EA7A6 #6A2EA7

split-complementary

#A72E2F #2EA76A #2E6CA7

monochromatic

#471414 #772121 #A72E2F #CC4647 #D97677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A72E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E2F

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E2F	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.157 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97067',
    500: '#a72e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e2f;
$custom-light: #c97067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.504,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48887,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E2F

secondary

#70C1C1

accent

#E0DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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